The book was described as "absolutely one of the best books about popular music ever written" by Chris Willman in Variety. David Remnick, writing in The New Yorker, praised it as "a rich, riffy, funny, and completely engaging book of essays".
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Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph awarded the book a full five stars, and described it as "an excuse for the great man to write with joyful zest, piercing profundity and flamboyant imagination about whatever crosses his mind". Reception Īccording to the book review aggregator Book Marks, the book was received positively, based on 36 reviews. Later that same day, an extended version of the interview appeared on Dylan's official website. In a discussion with critic and musician Jeff Slate, Dylan talked about songwriting, streaming music technology, life during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown and why the book included a thank you to the "crew at Dunkin' Donuts" ("because they were compassionate, supportive and they went the extra mile"). To promote the book, Dylan only consented to one interview, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on December 19, 2022. The hardcover edition of The Philosophy of Modern Song was published on November 1, 2022. Prior to its release, on October 13, 2022, excerpts from the book (from the chapters on " My Generation" and " Strangers in the Night") appeared in the New York Times. According to Simon & Schuster, Dylan had begun working on the book in 2010. The book's publication was announced on March 8, 2022. Georges Boulanger, Carlos Gómez Barrera and Jimmy KennedyĮnotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell and Richard Pennimanīennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcusīert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter Galloway, Meade Minnigerode and George S. Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz and Autry Greisham Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu Most of the chapters are divided into two parts, a poetic introductory segment in which Dylan uses a second-person point-of-view to inhabit the narrator of the song (what Simon & Schuster referred to as "dreamlike riffs" in pre-release publicity) followed by a more conventionally written essay portion. The Philosophy of Modern Song consists of 66 short essays on popular songs, the earliest of which is Uncle Dave Macon's 1924 recording of "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy" and the most recent of which is Alvin Youngblood Hart's 2004 recording of Stephen Foster's "Nelly Was a Lady". It is the first book Dylan has published since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The book contains Dylan's commentary on 66 songs by other artists. The Philosophy of Modern Song is a book by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, published on November 1, 2022, by Simon & Schuster.
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